Republican Donald Trump was elected the 47th president of the United States on Wednesday, leaving Democrats and supporters of Democrat Kamala Harris in disbelief. It marked a return to the White House for someone who once made fun of a disabled reporter, who marked the now exonerated Central Park Five for lifelong harassment after falsely claiming their guilt, who refused to accept defeat four years ago, sparked a violent insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, was convicted of felony charges and survived two assassination attempts.

With a win in Wisconsin, Trump cleared the 270 electoral votes needed to clinch the presidency.

He attacked his Democratic rival, Kamala Harris, in deeply personal – often misogynistic and racist – terms as he pushed an apocalyptic picture of a country overrun by violent migrants. The coarse rhetoric, paired with an image of hypermasculinity, resonated with angry voters – particularly men – in a deeply polarized nation.

Republicans also reclaimed control of the Senate, picking up seats in West Virginia and Ohio. Top House races are focused in New York and California, where Democrats are trying to win back some of the 10 or so seats where Republicans have made surprising gains in recent years.

Women of color and women overall were among Harris’ most faithful backers, who were hoping that the former California attorney general would make history as the first woman and first woman of color president of the United States.

The vice president has not publicly spoken since the race was called. Her campaign co-chair, Cedric Richmond, told Harris supporters gathered on the campus of Howard University, her alma mater, that she would speak Wednesday: “She will be back here tomorrow.”

In other races, there were decisively broken barriers.

Democrat Angela Alsobrooks won her race and is set to become Maryland’s first Black senator. Alsobrooks is currently the county executive for Maryland’s Prince George’s County, one of the most prosperous Black-majority counties in the nation.

Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester, a Democrat from Delaware, broke barriers again, becoming the first woman and first Black person elected to the Senate from the state. Seven years ago, when she was elected to the House, she was the first woman and first Black person to represent Delaware in the House. It will be the first time that two Black women will serve simultaneously in the Senate.